South Europe perspective of COVID-19 impact on travel medicine.

The COVID-19 crisis has drastically impacted the travel medicine field worldwide. In this perspective we have captured the challenges faced by travel clinicians in three Southern European countries: Italy, Spain and Portugal. Current practices, solutions and areas for improvement in these specific countries are discussed.

Factors predicting influenza vaccination adherence among patients in dialysis: an Italian survey.

: The aim of this study was to investigate knowledge and practices about influenza among patients on dialysis services of Italian hospitals at risk of severe influenza infection and vaccine and to identify predictive factors to vaccination adherence. : A cross-sectional observational study was carried out from January 2017 to July 2017 after the 2016/2017 influenza vaccination campaign. The questionnaire was administered to all patients treated in seven large Italian dialysis services.

Safety of HPV vaccines in the age of nonavalent vaccination.

To date three vaccines against human papilloma virus (HPV) have been licensed: a bivalent, a quadrivalent and, in 2014, a nonavalent vaccine. Despite the early implementation of national vaccination programs, in the majority of developed countries coverage rates remain unsatisfactory. Rumors about vaccine safety have been one of the principal obstacles for the acceptance of HPV vaccination by the public.